| Sakmara River, Haqmar River | |
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Sakmara River near Saraktash, Russia |
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| Origin | Uraltau Range, Urals, Bashkortostan |
| Mouth | Ural River, Orenburg |
| Basin countries | Republic of Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast, Russia |
| Length | 798 km |
| Avg. discharge | 144.0 m³/s |
| Basin area | 30,200 km² |
Sakmara River (Russian: Сакмара; Bashkir: Һаҡмар, Haqmar) is a river in Russia that drains the southern tip of the Ural Mountains south into the Ural River. Its length is 760 kilometers (470 mi). It is a tributary of the Ural River, which it meets in Orenburg. The source of the Sakmara River is in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Other towns along the Sakmara are Yuldybayevo (Bashkortostan), Kuvandyk, and Saraktash (Orenburg Oblast).
It rises in the southern Ural Mountains about 60km west-southwest of Magnitogorsk and flows south through a valley with some canyon development. At Kuvandyk it swings west, leaves the mountains and flows west parallel to the Ural River with many meanders for about 150 kilometers (93 mi) (straight line distance) before turning south to meet the Ural at Orenburg. Major tributaries are the Salymysh River and the Bolshoy Ik River, both from the north.[1]